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<h2>disk_initialize</h2>
<p>The disk_initialize function initializes the storage device.</p>
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DSTATUS disk_initialize (
  BYTE <span class="arg">pdrv</span>           <span class="c">/* [IN] Physical drive number */</span>
);
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<h4>Parameter</h4>
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<dt>pdrv</dt>
<dd>Physical drive number to identify the target device.</dd>
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<h4>Return Values</h4>
<p>This function returns a disk status as the result. For details of the disk status, refer to the <a href="dstat.html">disk_status()</a> function.</p>
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<h4>Description</h4>
<p>This function initializes a storage device and put it ready to generic read/write data. When the function succeeded, <tt>STA_NOINIT</tt> flag in the return value is cleared.</p>
<p><em>Application program MUST NOT call this function, or FAT structure on the volume can be broken. To re-initialize the file system, use <tt>f_mount()</tt> function instead.</em> This function is called at volume mount process by FatFs module to manage the media change.</p>
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